Fairfax axes regional group editors in Australian Community Media restructure

March 15, 2018 2:26

Australian Community Media, Fairfax’s suburban and regional newspaper publishing arm, has restructured its editorial team with a number of senior editors to leave the company.

The restructure, announced this morning by Australian Community Media’s editorial director Rod Quinn, follows the axing of six Western Sydney suburban titles and the departure of ACM director John Angilley late last year.

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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Andrew Eales Australian Community Media Brad Cooper Brooke DuBois Chad Watson Dave Coren Fairfax Kim Treasure local newspapers Mark Baker newspapers Paul McLoughlin Paul Roberts print media publishing Rod Quinn Sean Cowan Tony Rhead

3 COMMENTS

Investor 15 Mar 18

So Fairfax adds a bureaucrat role for the highly paid mate just back from a London “posting” and cuts a bunch of roles in the management of a large number of titles. Interesting priorities.

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Ex Fairfax 16 Mar 18

Hywood seems oblivious to the effect of cutting away at the core. His style has added a lot of bods on big dollars around the top end and cut without much of a plan across the operations. Fairfax looks now like a skinny little body with a big, fat head.

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JG 17 Mar 18

The press release probably has a higher word count than some of their regional titles.